Hell Dogs / Heru doggusu (2022)
Action | Crime | Drama
A traumatized former officer hell-bent on revenge receives an order to go undercover within the Yakuza by befriending their most frenetic member.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Kentarô Sakaguchi, Mayu Matsuoka, Miyavi, Kazuki Kitamura, Shinobu Ôtake
Director: Masato Harada
Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai / Moeyo Ken (2021)
Drama | History
Set in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata. He was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi and fought against the Meiji Restoration.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Ko Shibasaki, Ryohei Suzuki, Ryôsuke Yamada, Ukon Onoe, Yûki Yamada
Director: Masato Harada
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill / The Fable: Chapter Two / Za faburu korosanai koroshiya (2021)
Action | Comedy | Mystery | Thriller
Akira Sato is the legendary killer known as The Fable. Following the order of his boss and due to being overworked, he lives peacefully with his partner Yoko as ordinary siblings. Akira still works part-time at design company Octopus with CEO Takoda and employee Misaki. CEO Takoda and Misaki are unaware of Akira's background as an assassin. Meanwhile, Utsubo is a representative for an NPO. However, Utsubo works with contract killer Suzuki to set people up for extortion purposes. They target someone at design company Octopus.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Fumino Kimura, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Yurina Hirate, Masanobu Andô, Mizuki Yamamoto
Director: Kan Eguchi
The Fable / Za faburu (2019)
Action | Comedy
Since childhood he was reared to be a cold blooded killer who knows no mercy. He is an independent man now – and an assassin who commands a high price for his service. He is known as The Fable. Yet, he takes a sabbatical and moves to Osaka where he picks up the pseudonym Sato Akira.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Fumino Kimura, Mizuki Yamamoto, Sôta Fukushi, Yûya Yagira, Osamu Mukai, Kôichi Satô
Director: Kan Eguchi
It Comes / Kuru (2018)
Drama | Horror | Mystery
The life seems perfect for Hideki who lives with his beautiful wife in his new suburban flat. One day, he is called by a colleague that a visitor comes to see him at his office. When he reaches the reception, Hideki is baffled to learn that the visitor is already gone leaving a memo of his unborn daughter's name "Chisa". Two years later, the colleague dies mysteriously and Hideki's house is attacked by a sinister presence. To protect his family, Hideki asks for help from a journalist Nozaki and a prestigious exorcist who performs a ritual to break an unknown spell. But they come to learn what they are dealing with is beyond their imagination.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Haru Kurokim Nana Komatsu, Takako Matsu, Satoshi Tsumabuki
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
Samurai's Promise / Chiri tsubaki (2018)
Drama
Uryu Shinbei appeals his boss's corruption and his appeal is denied. He is kicked out from the han. Shortly afterwards, his wife Shino collapses from a disease and dies. Right before her death, she tells Shinbei, "I hope you go back to the han and help Uneme Sakakibara." Shinbei and Uneme were friends, but they became rivals to gain Shino's affection. Uneme is also related to Shinbei's exile.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Haru Kuroki, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Kumiko Asô
Director: Daisaku Kimura
More Than Flower / Hana / Hana yori mo naho (2006)
Comedy | Drama
A troubled young samurai seeks revenge for the death of his father.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Rie Miyazawa, Arata Furuta, Jun Kunimura, Katsuo Nakamura, Tadanobu Asano, Yoshio Harada, Teruyuki Kagawa
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Sekigahara (2017)
History | War
A depiction of Japan's 17th Century Battle of Sekigahara where the Army of the East takes up arms against the Army of the West.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Kasumi Arimura, Kôji Yakusho
Director: Masato Harada
Tsuioku / Reminiscence / Memory (2017)
Drama | Mystery
Atsushi Shikata, Keita Tadokoro and Satoshi Kawabata spent their childhood days as friends. As adults, they meet again due to a murder case. Atsushi Shikata works as a detective, Keita Tadokoro is a suspect and Satoshi Kawabata is a victim. They come face to face with the truth of the murder case and their detested past sealed within their minds.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Shun Oguri, Tasuku Emoto, Masami Nagasawa, Fumino Kimura, Sakura Andô, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Director: Yasuo Furuhata
Fueled: The Man They Called 'Pirate' / Kaizoku to yobareta otoko (2016)
Drama | History
The grand story of Japan's post-war reconstruction is based on the actual story of an oil company's president, namely Tetsuzo Kunioka, who believed in the power of oil, as opposed to coal, to abet the country's re-emergence. He believes Japan's resurgence must be fueled by oil and not by coal. Japan is weak, in ruins and has a devastated citizenry. Foreign powers watch and the country is isolated, yet the man takes over an oil tanker on a secret mission to the oil-rich Iran.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shôta Sometani, Tôru Nomaguchi, Ryôhei Suzuki, Pierre Taki
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Everest: The Summit of the Gods / Everesuto: Kamigami no itadaki (2016)
Drama
Makoto Fukamachi is a Japanese cameraman. He finds an old camera on a backstreet of Nepal. The camera might possibly solve the mystery of whether George Mallory became the first person to successfully climb Mount Everest on June 8, 1924 or not. Pursuing the old camera's past, Makoto Fukamachi meets legendary Alpinist Joji Habu. Joji Habu is isolated from other people because of his reckless and thoughtless personality.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Hiroshi Abe, Machiko Ono, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Pierre Taki, Shunsuke Kazama, Masahiro Kômoto
Director: Hideyuki Hirayama
Library Wars: The Last Mission / Toshokan sensô: The Last Mission (2015)
Action | Romance | Sci-Fi
Set 18 months after movie "Library Wars." After the government's enactment of the Media Betterment Act, battles wage between the Betterment Squads and the Library Defense. The Library Defense resists censorship and advocates freedom of expression. The biggest battle awaits for the Library Defense.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Nana Eikura, Kei Tanaka, Sôta Fukushi, Tao Tsuchiya
Director: Shinsuke Sato
The Library Wars: Book of Memories / Toshokan sensô: Book of Memories (2015)
Action
Iku (Nana Eikura) joined the Library Defense Force after a member from that team retrieved an important book that was targeted for censorship. She is assigned to work under Atsushi's (Junichi Okada) team. She endures Atsushi's harsh treatment and looks for the member who retrieved her book. She also finds herself becoming attracted to Atsushi. Iku meets female high school student Marie (Tao Tsuchiya) at the library. Maries has a hearing disability. She is also a childhood friend of Mikihisa (Kei Tanaka). Iku senses Marie's strong feelings for Mikihisa. Asako (Chiaki Kuriyama) works as a clerk for the Library Task Force. She has frequent meetings with curator Shuji (Aoi Nakamura). This creates complicated feelings for Hikaru (Sota Fukushi). One day, Mikihisa is arrested because of a book he recommended to Marie. Official reason given is because the book is unsuitable for disabled people. The members of the Library Task Force are angered by Mikihisa's arrest.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Nana Eikura, Kei Tanaka, Sôta Fukushi, Tao Tsuchiya, Chiaki Kuriyama
Director: Shinsuke Sato
A Samurai Chronicle / Higurashi no ki (2014)
Drama
Towards the end of the Edo period, Shozaburo Danno (Junichi Okada) receives an order from Nakane, the prime minister at the han. The order is to keep watch over Akiya Toda (Koji Yakusho), who has been in confinement for killing a boy servant who had an affair with his concubine 7 years ago. Akiya Toda is expected to commit hara-kiri within 3 years. In the meantime, Akiya Toda works on an order from the previous daimyo to write the daimyo's family tree into a book. Soon, Shozaburo Danno becomes touched by Akiya Toda, Akiya Toda's wife Orie (Mieko Harada) and his daughter Kaoru (Maki Horikita). Specifically, Shozaburo Danno is moved by Akiya Toda's enthusiasm for making the daimyo's family tree book and Orie's love and trust for her husband and daughter. He finds it difficult to believe that Akiya Toda killed a boy servant. Shozaburo Danno decides to investigate the case which occurred 7 years ago.
Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Jun'ichi Okada, Maki Horikita, Mieko Harada, Haruto Yoshida
Director: Takashi Koizumi
The Eternal Zero / Eien no 0 (2013)
War
A young man and his sister learn that the man that they've always thought of as their grandfather was in fact the second husband of their grandmother, and that their biological grandfather was a kamikaze pilot who died during the war. They decide to find out more about him but get conflicting accounts from his former comrades-in-arms about what kind of man he was and how he ended up in a kamikaze squadron.
Starring: Min Tanaka, Haruma Miura, Mao Inoue, Isao Natsuyagi, Jun'ichi Okada
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Library Wars / Toshokan sensô (2013)
Action | Comedy | Drama | Romance
Set in the year 2019 in Japan. In order to crack down on free expression, a new law is passed, which allows for the government to create an armed force to find and destroy objectionable printed material. Meanwhile, to oppose this oppressive crackdown, the Library Force is created. The Library force, including instructor Atsushi Dojo (Junichi Okada) and Iku Kasahara (Nana Eikura), work to protect the libraries. A fierce battle then ensues between these two groups.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Nana Eikura, Chiaki Kuriyama, Kei Tanaka, Sôta Fukushi, Kôji Ishizaka
Director: Shinsuke Sato
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer / Tenchi meisatsu (2012)
Drama
A chronicle of the life of Yasui Santetsu, a 17th century master of go who turned his attention to astronomy and created a new calendar for Japan.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Aoi Miyazaki, Kiichi Nakai, Kojiro Matsumoto, Ryûta Satô
Director: Yôjirô Takita
From Kokuriko Hill / From Up On Poppy Hill / Kokuriko-zaka kara (2011)
Animation | Drama
Umi Matsuzaka, the eldest sibling in a close-knit family of five, raises a pair of signal flags everyday at her seaside house in Yokohama Bay without fail in anticipation of the return of her father, who went missing in action during the Korean War. In school, Umi finds herself involved in a student movement seeking to prevent the demolition of an old club house. In the process, she falls in love with the newspaper club president Jun Kazama, only to find out that they might be related by blood.
Starring: Masami Nagasawa, Junichi Okada, Keiko Takeshita, Yuriko Ishida, Rumi Hiiragi
Director: Goro Miyazaki
Tales from Earthsea (2006)
Adventure | Animation | Anime | Fantasy
A prince sets out on a magical journey and discovers wizards, witches, dragons and self-knowledge.
Starring: Junichi Okada, Aoi Teshima, Bunta Sugawara, Yûko Tanaka, Teruyuki Kagawa, Jun Fubuki, Timothy Dalton, Willem Dafoe, Mariska Hargitay
Director: Goro Miyazaki
IMDb Info
SP: The motion picture yabô hen (2010)
Drama
For the uninitiated, SP: The Motion Picture basically introduced a team of Japanese politician bodyguards. The focus here lies on the team leader, Soichiro Ogata (Shin'ichi Tsutsumi / Suspect X) and one of the member Kaoru Inoue (Junichi Okada). Inoue stood out from the rest with his special "ESP" abilities to remember stuff, detect traps and even premonition. Needless to say, as the protagonist, he would go above and beyond the call of duty.
Starring: Teruyuki Kagawa, Yôko Maki, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Junichi Okada, Yukijirô Hotaru, Kei Yamamoto
Director: Takafumi Hatano
